Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1880 — Whipping Children. [ARTICLE]

Whipping Children.

A parent who don’t know how to govern a child without whipping it. ought to surrender the care of that child to some wiser person. Sportsmen once thought it was necessary to lash their (feds to training them for the field. Theyfnow, now that the whip should never be used.Horsemen once thought it wasnecessary to whip colts to teach them ttfstart on the spot at thb wohl, and pull bteadily. They know ncofthat an apple is better than the lash, and a oaress better than a blow, If dogs and bones can be thus educated without punishment, what is there in onr children which makes it necessary to slap and pound them? Have they less intelligence?iHave they colder heartM Are they lower in the scale of * being? %j b*™ heard many old people say:. If F® ere to bring up anbtller child we thoifld never whip it* "They Ate wise, but I little too late. Instead of God doing jo little for children that they must be whipped intogoodaeee,Ha hiiiWnft much for them that even 'if'^'OTpwlnjf can’t ruin them—that is, as axule. But, alas, there Are many exceptions to tlds r rule. Many children are of such quality that a blow makes them cowardly, or reckless, or deceitful, or permanently .-Whipping makes . children lie. Wlnppi ng makes children hate their parents. Whipping makes home distasteful —makes the boys run away, makes the girls seek happiness anvwhere and any-lUk-Wwa “ •"“‘-wa